A man in a green shirt with a name badge points at the camera in a meeting room; other people sit and stand behind him, and a Denton Central Appraisal District seal hangs on the back wall

What to expect. What needs to change.

The Beginning

Texas Citizens for Fair Property Taxes

Yard sign: elect Curtiss Welker, dentontax.com, with a house and a Bernese mountain dog

Put a sign in your yard

Please check with your HOA or property owner before placing a sign, and keep signs out of road rights-of-way and medians.

Curtiss Welker speaking at the public-comment podium during a Flower Mound Town Council meeting

Meet Curtiss @ Flower Mound

Curtiss Welker in a dark graphic T-shirt speaking at the public-comment podium during a Flower Mound Town Council meeting, with members of the public seated behind him

Meet Curtiss @ Flower Mound part2

June 16, 2025: Flower Mound Town Council unanimously raised the town’s homestead exemption from 12.5% to 20%, the maximum allowed under Texas law. The original proposal was 17.5%; council chose the full 20%.

Source: Cross Timbers Gazette, June 18, 2025

Check your homestead exemption

Check that your homestead exemption is on your DCAD record at dentoncad.com. If it’s missing, you can apply with DCAD at no cost.

Bar chart titled Local General Homestead Exemption Percent Comparison, primarily Denton County cities under DCAD only, 2025/2026 data. Aubrey, Denton and Providence Village: 0.5 percent. Argyle, Copper Canyon, Double Oak, Shady Shores and Trophy Club: 1 percent. The Colony: 3 percent. Flower Mound: 20 percent. Northlake: bar reaches 20 percent. A note says many other primarily Denton County cities, for example Lewisville, Little Elm, Corinth, Highland Village and Sanger, offer 0 percent general homestead exemption, with a fixed-dollar over-65 exemption only. — The chart compares the general homestead exemption percentage in 11 Denton County cities (2025/2026 data, as shown): Flower Mound and Northlake at 20%, The Colony at 3%, and the other eight at 0.5% to 1%. Its note adds that many other cities, such as Lewisville, Little Elm, Corinth, Highland Village and Sanger, offer 0%.

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What the appraisal district board does

The board of directors governs the Denton Central Appraisal District (DCAD). It hires the chief appraiser, adopts DCAD’s annual budget and its reappraisal plan after public hearings, and gets an independent audit each year and makes it public. It also sets policies for public access to the board and appoints the taxpayer liaison officer.

From Curtiss’s signed board-duties acknowledgment (SOS Form 2-68):

The board does not appraise property or review the value of individual properties. I acknowledge that tax rates and tax burdens are determined by applicable taxing jurisdictions, not the appraisal district board of directors.

Tax rates and tax bills are set by your city, county, school district and other taxing units.

Have you tried protesting your property taxes recently?

Vexler v. Spencer
Texas Supreme Court No. 25-0615
U.S. Supreme Court No. 26-179